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Little-known Civil War hero once enslaved on South Santee
Robert Blake was among 400 enslaved people the Union Navy rescued in late June 1862 during a raid on the Blake Plantation near McClellanville.
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Robert Blake was among 400 enslaved people the Union Navy rescued in late June 1862 during a raid on the Blake Plantation near McClellanville.